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Have yourself a Big Day Out Downunder

If you’re spending this southern hemisphere summer cruising around Australia and are looking for a big party to get the new year off to a cracking start… you definitely want to get your well-travelled butt to Big Day Out 2009.

Big Day Out is one of the biggest music festivals in the southern realms, attracting almost 300,000 fun-loving revellers last time around…

During the second half of January, the popular festival tours Australia and New Zealand, stopping off in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Gold Coast and Auckland and delivering entertainment on a grand scale. Bands performing this year include the Arctic Monkeys, The Ting Tings and the Prodigy, to name but a few.

And, something to look forward to in 2009 is Lilyworld’s Enchanted Garden:

Wander through the enchanted garden of Lilyworld and join the four green stooges Duckpond, Larry Kronick Jr, Heavy G and Christo as they take you on a journey thru topiary and into a lost psychedelic garden of unearthly delights.
In 2009 LILYWORLD is proud to present a green oasis of new musical genres and swinging styles. Enchanting and delighting bewildered individuals who dare to wander past this madness within the world that is , the BIG DAY OUT.

The merry men of the sherbet forest have been busy propagating a green oasis of buffoontrees, gagvines, goonflowers and oversized discopumpkins right in the heart of the BIG DAY OUT to freak-out and confuse lost souls.

Sound like your cup of tea? Well, then get booking – tickets are selling fast and you wouldn’t want to miss out, now would you!

Tickets cost $108 (New Zealand) or $132 (Australia), plus relevant booking and postage fees.

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